Truck driver dies in fiery crash on SoCal freeway

FULLERTON, Calif. 
The driver of a big rig truck has been killed and four other people hurt in a fiery crash that closed a busy Southern California freeway in both directions.

California Highway Patrol Officer Gabe Montoya says the truck was heading south Thursday night on state Highway 57 near Fullerton in Orange County when it struck a smaller vehicle. The force of the collision caused both vehicles to flip and burst into flames. The truck hit the center median and ended up on its side, partially on northbound lanes.

Montoya says the driver was pronounced dead at the scene and four people in the smaller vehicle were hurt. The extent of their injuries is not known.